Before becoming Pope Alexander VI in 1492, this man was known by this name.

Giordano Bruno

Rodrigo Borgia

Gabriel Colonna

Guiliano della Rovere

Rodrigo Calixtus

Rodrigo Borgia.

Before becoming Pope Alexander VI in 1492, this man was known as Rodrigo Borgia. He arrived in Rome from Spain in 1449 and Italianized his name from Borja (pronounced Bor-ha) to Borgia (Bor-ja). His rise in the church was helped a great deal when his uncle became Pope Calixtus III.

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